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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:31 PM Original message |
Has anyone on DU ever lived in a war zone? in the aftermath? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Moscow in 1993 is as close as I get. It was weird, and scary. nt |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Oh wow..... |
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CabalPowered (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. 1989 and 1991 |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I avoided elevators, but Moscow was full of Mob rule and NO police protection whatsoever. |
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CabalPowered (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. I bet! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. I haven't but here's something from someone who is, now. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Thank you |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Reading some more.... |
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lse7581011 (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. This Is Heartbreaking! |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. I was in Peru' at a time of a student uprising |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I'd have been more than a little worried |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. I was in Yugoslavia for two weeks right before it went to hell |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Bet that was unnerving...all that tension...powder keg ready to blow |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. Chicago Illinois in 1968....there were tanks on the streets, barbed wire every |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Wow |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. the riots in the South and the war protesting were war zones, too, and Kent |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It looked war like - with all the snipers and national guard |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. Chicago |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
59. I went through Detroit in July of 1968 |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. Me no. but my mother is from Vienna |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I bet you have lots of stories! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. Cue the zither music! nt |
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RC Quake (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. Personally? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Probably sounds a lot like my mother |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. You're a bridge too, hobby709 |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. You're a bridge - from the past to present to the future. |
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Nimrod2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. I have, not too different from what you see in Iraq now...And they are at the aftermath yet!!! |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I wish you healing dreams, Nimrod2005 |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
20. Israel, 1969 |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Lot of history lived by DU'ers |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. DMZ in Korea is the closest I've been |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Does sound creepy |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. I wonder if anyone here remembers this |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I was still pretty young at the time |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Any Black Ghetto In The Late 60s |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. "Senator McCarthy's 15th-floor campaign headquarters in the Conrad Hilton Hotel became a hospital |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. A Story To Go With That Pic... |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
49. People's Park was as close as I got |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
26. Downtown Manhattan, September 2001. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I'm fairly certain I'd still be having nightmares had I been there that day |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
35. Outstanding thread Solly Mack |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. The wealth of living history on DU is amazing |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
37. My in-laws grew up in the Philippines. They had to hide from the Japanese during |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Thank you for sharing that |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
41. not the war, just the after-effects... n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
42. Almost a couple times but decided not to join Peace Corps. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:38 AM Response to Reply #42 |
53. Can't say that I blame you |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. A bit shook up, bit more cynical, definetly smarter |
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sg_ (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
43. Closest I got was when... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:35 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Wow |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
44. Would this count....? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:33 AM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Hey bliss!! |
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petunia.here (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. I don't have a story but this reminded me |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:39 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Excellent. Thank you for posting that!! |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. Nigeria, 1986 was as close as I've been |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:41 AM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Seems fairly scary to me |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #55 |
66. It's happened to me many more times here. |
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Obamarama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
48. Kiryat Shmona, last summer during the Hezbollah rocket attacks. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 05:52 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. In conflicts, wars and periods of unrest...all quaint little labels |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
57. Liberia 1980; South Africa, late 80s and mid 90s |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:27 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. mmmmWOW!!! |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I left out something a little embarassing ... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I can see that |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Incredible! I hope everyone reads your post. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
58. I was born in Detroit during the Riots. But my Girl she has been in Chile when the tanks rolled in, |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #58 |
64. I'm laughing but it is not really funny |
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